yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] CM Wave:
Will the mods need to be updated?
[Vibrant Android Development] neobuddy89:
Please remember to get Gingerbread Bootloader.

Explained in the OP.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
"xriderx66 is ONE COOL SOB Lmao"

HEY@%@%^#$^
[Vibrant Android Development] MadNosf:
I have no problem using the GB bootloader but I'm curious why it is required now if all the previous versions worked on 2.2 versions
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
i have it downloaded and on my sd card, but im scared to flash since someone said the md5 is wrong lol
[Vibrant Android Development] jalenthejiv:
im on miui please someone explain how to flash gingerbread bootladers
[Vibrant Android Development] MadNosf:
Neo, is the low disk space fix still required for v8? the fix worked for my wifes phone but not mine when I have 50 less apps :)
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
read OP, please.

You Need Gingerbread Bootloader:

If you are on any Froyo Rom, install CM7 first and then install GB Bootloader

Bootloader is needed to avoid Rainbows

Find GB Bootloader HERE

Installation Steps for those coming from CM7/MIUI/ICS:

Reboot in Recovery

Goto MOUNTS & STORAGE >> FORMAT SYSTEM

Wipe Data / Factory Reset

Flash the file. You may need to flash file twice if there is bootloop due to CWM version mismatch.

Reboot.

Reboot once again after you see everything settled and you are on your homescreen.
[Vibrant Android Development] Lakers3408:
I use Odin to flash boot loaders, simple fast and I never had a problem doing it
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
but I like rainbows...

Also note, if you are unsure of the odin settings check http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20524603&postcount=4489
[Vibrant Android Development] getnbzy:
Your right. I must have just tried the mediafire 1 (Dead) Thx

Thanks g

Thanks 9

Thanks bob. Quick question. I am currently on V.7. From here can i flash the GB BL via ODIN and then flash V.8 when it is released, or do i need to ODIN to stock, flash the GB BL, and then flash V.8 when it drops? The guide tells you how to do it, but isn't real clear on where you need to be at before you proceed. Thanks and this should be all the help i need for a while lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
im talking about the V8 not bootloaders haha
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
So... can someone confirm the md5?

Here is the md5 a few of us in IRC all had

FC6AACBEC7C3992721B18946F46F44B1
[Vibrant Android Development] TFordham:
Always looking for an argument. I'm excited, and not holding back.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
guys get on the IRC...

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=icspassion&uio=d4#

by now, we have flashed it and it seems to be working just fine. so the false md5 claim is possibly wrong.

neo i love the new bootscreen ics santa haha
[Vibrant Android Development] MailenJokerbell:
Letting settle... it hurts...

5 minutes so far... I can't bring myself to wait 5 more.
[Vibrant Android Development] vnamee:
Any idea what happened to the 'Preferences' menu to remove the google search bar? Also, it seems to be OC'ed at 1200 MHz by default. Video recording works too.
[Vibrant Android Development] VeryCoolAlan:
I never waited...phone worked fine.

Sent from my Surround.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
same i just reboot it just to be safe. thats all the precautions i take.

screw patience.
[Vibrant Android Development] mveksler:
Better be safe than sorry. OP says let it settle ;-)

I don't have tons of time to re flash ROM and restore all the apps and configurations.

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Is auto-brightness works now?
[Vibrant Android Development] CM Wave:
Hm, first boot-up seems to be taking a lot longer than usual.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
lol thats just for u safe people.

neo doesnt do it either he told us yesterday lol

BTW NO LAG AT ALL ON THIS NEW VERSION ITS SO AMAZING.
[Vibrant Android Development] tvargas5248:
I'm super exited to test drive this just can't wait for the facial unlock to work! once that is all settled and good I might just have to leave miui for good
[Vibrant Android Development] chaulklet:
I usually wait 10 min reboot wait 5 then run this beast down afterwards ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] beren28:
Y'all are sick.
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
Maybe someone got confused.

I did say the md5 on the "stock" GB bootloader (shows the vibrant boot logo) had an md5 error. Not the v8 ROM.
[Vibrant Android Development] mveksler:
That is fine, I have patience ;-) I have been in the software world more than half of my life and I know that devices with limited hardware have to settle give IO and app services to kick in. It is not your Core i7 ;-) so things have to be given time to load up properly. Yes in most cases it works but there are going to be isolated cases where things gone bad and I dont want to be in that 1% lol
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
u wanna lick it?
[Vibrant Android Development] analgesic:
Great rom, with a couple interesting issues so far.

1. Network doesn't auto-connect upon boot, but does when airplane mode is turned off.

2. Is anyone else getting a second of a static screen at the beginning of boot?
[Vibrant Android Development] djluis48:
Yay! So happy that V8 is here...seems so nice. Downloading! Comming in 20 mins or something with results. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Exel:
2. Did you flash Gingerbread bootloaders?
[Vibrant Android Development] VeryCoolAlan:
do we have too?

My pc is in the living room and im watching jessie!

Can I just flash it and have rainbows? Im on nextgen2

Sent from my Surround.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
awkward look it says mother at the bottom
[Vibrant Android Development] TFordham:
Is the entire Vibrant community downloading this at the same time? I've never seen it move so slow.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
download from megaupload (from the multiupload link) everyone does direct, if everyone does a different option then its fast for everyone.

I did direct and ended up at 30 mb in 5 mins, clicked megaupload and it went to 30in like 1 min.

ofc internet connections will matter and differ.
[Vibrant Android Development] analgesic:
Nope, wanted to keep 3 button recovery. Is that flash the only side effect? I can live with it.
[Vibrant Android Development] Ventus_zx:
5 minutes after i switch from v7 to miui this coms out.... *sigh* Im debating if i should flash v8... downloading now
[Vibrant Android Development] Exel:
I believe so, don't think there should be any other problems.

Correct me anyone of I'm wrong.
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
Hrm... Frak still OC'ed by default )#&%)(*#%% now I gotta download something to go change it. Any good suggestions?
[Vibrant Android Development] hern1989:
On v8. All I have to say is that this new version is fast.

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] VeryCoolAlan:
You can also generate a premium link for megaupload and speeds will fly.

Sent from my Surround.
[Vibrant Android Development] Exel:
Voltage Control.
[Vibrant Android Development] twotone8:
Very excited to try this out. Quick question though. Would it be possible to restore my current cm7 nandroid backup without too much hastle from this rom? would it entail flashing all the way back to stock, then cm7, THEN nandroid restore? would it be possible just to go back and forth using cwm when this is all set up?
[Vibrant Android Development] mveksler:
Yes, I had a blast too when I saw it ;-)
[Vibrant Android Development] analgesic:
Appreciate it, thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
That was a Samsung touchwiz design. This is AOSP so that's why there are no toggles up there. If we do get cm9 or a port of it I'm sure they will be coded back in. But for now you need to find an app or widget to have those toggles
[Vibrant Android Development] Tweak222:
I had that problem with wifi too initially. No access to network settings in the system settings that I noticed. Fortunately for me though my data was working so I installed a wifi app which opened up the network settings and got my wifi going.

So anyone toggling wifi and getting nothing but you have data just download a wifi manager app connect and then your toggle will work. :) Or reboot til it works apparently that works too.

T959|ICS Passion v3
[Vibrant Android Development] molemusprime:
That was a feature introduced by Samsung and touchwiz and also used by CM so for now it's the widget only (power control). I'm sure when cm9 drops it'll be included.
[Vibrant Android Development] jrosarioaz:
As far as the Data connection mine went off after i rebooted it. I noticed because my txt didn't go through. So i looked at the toggle that Neo created and when i selected it it said superuser was denied. So i went into the Superuser app and selected the toggle app to have root access. Seems to have fixed it as its now working fine.
[Vibrant Android Development] coolairG1:
GPS works for me. I came from NoFrills ASOP v2.1 GB 2.3.5
[Vibrant Android Development] neobuddy89:
Didn't you wipe data ?
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Its really a hit or miss thing. Some of is vibrant owners get GPS and others don't. No one had yet to figure out the pattern or why its so sporadic
[Vibrant Android Development] neobuddy89:
+1

I heard people before 1 year had different GPS Hardware inside.

Maybe thats the case.
[Vibrant Android Development] jrosarioaz:
It really comes down to each phone is different. What works on my vibrant, doesn't always work on my wife's vibrant. Hence the reason i flash so often, i suspect i put this ICS on her phone and she will have issues that are different than mine.
[Vibrant Android Development] tpierce89:
getting an error in the market. It will let me download free apps, but i cant download any paid apps. It FC on the purchase screen. Also, media is hogging battery. Its using 33% at the moment. Not sure what to do.

Oh, and my GPS doesnt work either, but i never use it anyway
[Vibrant Android Development] james11417:
Pretty happy with my vibrant. Gps works without doing anything. Don't have to flash anything or use angrygps.

Went back to cm7 though because can't get data to toggle on and off. Restarted at least five times
[Vibrant Android Development] blaxtar.inc:
Is it just me or is CWM impossible to navigate through. The vol keys are mapped backward and every time I try to choose an option in it, nothing happens, it just shows to 'hat&gear logo'. Weird. Also, still not getting mms to work. Other than that...this ROM is soooooo awesome. Can't wait for the auto-rotation fix for the cam, youtube, and music player. Awesome job Neo. Anyone else having these issueses?
[Vibrant Android Development] jfisanick:
Thought it was odd, but I had the same issue, I just managed to navigate with the reversed keys, but I had to flash mine twice, First time didn't apply correctly for some reason.
[Vibrant Android Development] blaxtar.inc:
I may ODIN back down and start from scratch again because I can't navigate through the options to reflash. :(
[Vibrant Android Development] xxProphecyxx:
I noticed this as well, I found if you use the search button as a select button it works.
[Vibrant Android Development] jfisanick:
too bad you cant navigate, I would of just restored a older Rom from your backup providing you had one.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Its reversed, its not rocket science . Down is up, up is down. Lol. I mean come on. Its not a huge deal
[Vibrant Android Development] jfisanick:
Ah yes, but if he can't use the power button to select something, than the Volume keys do no good.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Very true. I stand corrected since I didn't catch the part that his power button didn't work for select. My apologies
[Vibrant Android Development] xxProphecyxx:
You need to use the search button to select things... at least that is what I had to do when I ran into this problem.
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
Runs fast. Very nice... wont auto-update my date/time from TMO.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
Screenshots
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
settings>Date/time> change timezone to yours

i have to do that everytime i flash this rom, its probably because neo is in India and has to use his time.
[Vibrant Android Development] jalenthejiv:
what would happen if i dont flash gingerbread bootloaders and what are rainbows
[Vibrant Android Development] Dattack:
You won't see your recovery in CWM because it would look like jumble colors or rainbow.
[Vibrant Android Development] VeryCoolAlan:
Doublleee rainbow!

Anyways...some stupid bug that appeared on i9000 gb roms

Sent from my Surround.
[Vibrant Android Development] Exel:
'having to see our screens go funny before the bootanimation which we safely called Rainbows!'
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
What's weird is I didnt have to do that with v7... that search bar is driving me nuts.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
guys the frequency is set at

minimum 200

max 1200

would that affect battery life at all?
[Vibrant Android Development] ferhanmm:
Can someone test 720p video recording and let me know if it stutters when you play it back? (easy thanks points)
[Vibrant Android Development] TheAggression:
Wow....managed to get hardware composition (have no idea what that is by the way lol) in this update. So now this rom has both hardware acceleration and composition. So would it be safe to assume this rom will make ones phone completely lag free now? Like iphone lag free?
[Vibrant Android Development] M5devil:
Maybe it's a stupid question, but how do I restore call log after an upgrade? Thank you
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
Well the min on stock vibrants is 400Mhz from what I read... the recommended is no lower than 200 or instabilities start... I dont like OC being set as normal in the ROM, but /sigh... and yes 1200 can cause heat/battery drain in some vibrants... it def does in mine.

Oh and I like that NB is going back to plain as much as possible and using "mod packs". Learning new settings/simple mods to start off, but in the long run much more stable/better experience and easier troubleshooting.
[Vibrant Android Development] airhop7:
Holy **** just flashed the v8 smooth as a mother ****er omg Neo you rock!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
Getting "unfortunately launcher has stopped" messages alot...
[Vibrant Android Development] djluis48:
WOW!!! This is thing is BLAZING FAST! And smooth as silk. Dude, i don't know what you did, but this thing its CRAZY fast. I freaking love it! You are the man. Donation comming to you by tomorrow or one of these days. You have earned it dude. Thanks for all your hard work! :D

On another note, i would like to know which app i can use to OC up to 1.2GHz. Anyone?
[Vibrant Android Development] Dattack:
I haven't flashed ICS in awhile. Is it normal for the installation process to stop to a crawl in CWM ? I had the same problem with V7 or is that a bad download?
[Vibrant Android Development] traderx2009:
The above statements are correct. Its obviously early, but this is flying. And I am blown away! Excellent job.
[Vibrant Android Development] DonutYankee:
I just would like a confirmation, the rainbows with v8 for those of us on Froyo bootloaders are just simply the rainbow flash during bootup or also unusable rainbow recovery? I'd really rather not flash a different bootloader, so this is the main issue for me in deciding on installing this ROM or not.
[Vibrant Android Development] SkOrPn:
For the first time I am torn on which ROM to try. Onecosmic's users say the just released RC1 is mind boggling fast and everything works, and now V8 is working proper everyone says... :confused:

Damn it I want a second Vibrant now so I can try both.... :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
I understand the aversion, you can roll back to stock easily though. You wont be able to use CW recovery if you dont flash to a GB boot loader.

I think its worth it... v8 is looking nice other than the changes I haven't figured out why it's different than v7 (cant remove google search bar, dock configuration is missing now, ect). Blazing fast, minor instability with launcher, and stock OC to 1200Mhz is all I have found really thats a problem so far. He cleaned it up and took out all the "tweaks" that were more or less bloat in the last one.
[Vibrant Android Development] chaulklet:
Everytime I restore all my texts... it ends up funny for me
[Vibrant Android Development] mailboy1412:
lol, I just flashed onecosmic RC1 and this one is released :)

Now I have to go back to Neo :)
[Vibrant Android Development] djluis48:
You WILL get rainbows on recovery if you flash this rom. Sorry. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] SkOrPn:
It doesnt hurt the phone, it just means that if your going to try a newer ROM you need to be on a newer BL as well, otherwise the recovery is giberish. EVERY VIBRANT phone on the planet needs to be on GB bootloaders by now, they are forwards and backwards compatible and make the button mapping a million times easier to work with....
[Vibrant Android Development] beren28:
Gps is not working for me. At all.

As in no icon, so sats found, nothing.

v7 was the best gps I had since bionix.
[Vibrant Android Development] traderx2009:
I was too, went with this one first and couldn't imagine anything better. Most complete rom i have flashed yet. Take the leap
[Vibrant Android Development] airhop7:
Try letting it settle sometimes the area you are in doesn't have enough reception , I love near the mountains and took me a bit but now it locks
[Vibrant Android Development] VeryCoolAlan:
worked but found a slight stutter
[Vibrant Android Development] ephesus79:
Wow

Only been on v8 for 30 minutes, but initial feel and loading my Exchange e-mails were SO much faster. v7 was virtually unusable IMO, but v8 is a major evolution. If you gave up on ICS because of the lag, I encourage you to give it another try.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Yeah, its a cool feature but the quality of the picure isn't all that great.
[Vibrant Android Development] beren28:
My location, no matter how bad, wouldn't stop the icon from turning on. Also it is the exact same location as I had in version 6.5. And I let it sit a pretty long time.

However, after a reboot, it appears to be working again. So yay.
[Vibrant Android Development] amblingaardvark:
Just to throw in my two cents, I couldn't remember if I had GB Bootloaders or not, so I just went ahead and flashed v8, and got the whole rainbow thing. I was able to boot into recovery and use it just fine. That being said, it's not like its hard to update to GB Bootloaders, even if you have to flash back to CM7/MIUI to do it, I mean seriously it took me like 3 minutes...
[Vibrant Android Development] mveksler:
The compass still does not work in Google Maps.
[Vibrant Android Development] Lieu10ant:
the compass never worked on the vibrant. ever.

they used some ****ty electronic compass that isn't gonna be accurate. always off.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
Overall speed has gone up.

Browser works smoother. Sometimes launcher will just restart itself, understandable bcz I have 29 apps open at once
[Vibrant Android Development] Sincitybronze:
I don't see toggles in the notification pulldown. Is there an app that manages this?

Also, I am noticing lag and wondered if we are still supposed to do something with the init file that was discussed about the previous build.

GPS works for me.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
I'm not running this and don't know what kernel comes with it, but I do know that Pikachui over on Thunderbolt! thread says 'Smartassv2' is the best governor for sleep, followed by 'on demand'.
[Vibrant Android Development] CM Wave:
Thinking back to how CM7/Gingerbread performed compared to v8, running ICS feels like I have a whole new phone. So much smoother, much more responsive, and a browser that doesn't choke whenever my finger touches the screen. Thanks to Google and Neo!
[Vibrant Android Development] TFordham:
I was too, but after fixing permissions, it seems to have gone away.
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
This rom is lag free thanks Neo and all other who made this possible .
[Vibrant Android Development] SimeonAS89:
That is due to the time being all screwed up. I learned that the hard way.

Does anyone know the path for the wallpapers on the previous build? Also GPS is a no go for me so far. Going to keep testing further...
[Vibrant Android Development] airhop7:
Little bugs I've found but not Mich of a problem :)

1. When people call me they said I sound distorted but after it goes to normal

2. Gallery still force closed when you use the gallery widget

3. Launcher kinda force closed at times

4. App draw lags a bit when not opened after awhile not a major issue though

That's what I've found so far but damn this ics is smooth as hell and rocks this vibrant thanks Neo!!
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
NOT JOKING. This is the FIRST time my GPS has found me! EVER! I am usually three blocks away or my arrow wanders in some ghostly dance. Thank you! Just an observation. There is no "Night" mode in the camera app. I will miss that NYC has so many shadows from buildings that I'm always in night mode. That is it. Will donate again and thanks sooooooo much!
[Vibrant Android Development] asdf916:
ditto on the preferences menu.

video recording works, but when i played it back, the video skipped quite a few frames and didn't keep with the audio.
[Vibrant Android Development] mveksler:
Well I have to disagree. It works in GPS Test a[[ and other apps and from LBS test app which reads sensor data. I think that framwork does not have the right hooks into the compass sensor data or maybe the service that should feed compass data is not running.
[Vibrant Android Development] os2baba:
I have read all the posts on v8 and it seems that I'm the only one with an extremely laggy experience. Quite possibly the worst on any ROM I have used. I was on the onecosmic ICS which was quite snappy. But I had to go back to CM7 to get GPS working. I just installed this and all actions take a long time. Scrolling through Titanium list is very slow. I wiped the cache, and the Dalvik cache and re-installed. Should I do a complete reset and try again or is there something I can do before that? Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] DonutYankee:
Well I flashed the GB bootloader properly. All went well. ROM installed fine. Looking good. EXCELLENT job by Neo. Absolutely excellent.:D

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Might be from overclocking. I had the same issue with some other ROMs when trying to OC. For some reason OC'ing just doesn't turn out well for some people's phones.
[Vibrant Android Development] mveksler:
Amazing job with this ROM. Absolutely lag free. My quadrant is 1800 and GPS is spot-on after applying gps.conf changes and switching from Standalon to MSBased.

The only issue I ran into was with Google Calendar which for some reason would not use existing google account to sign-in. After Force Stop clearing app's cache and re-boot it cleaned up and started working. The launcher crashed once.

Nothing major in terms of problems also it would be nice to have compass working in Google Maps.
[Vibrant Android Development] dbknottyboy:
very nice work. I really love it. I just have one problem :( everytime i plug my phone to usb and remove it, it says damage SD card and it needs to be reformatted. Any thoughts about this?

I tried to reset cache, dalvic etc. still no luck. :(
[Vibrant Android Development] Sincitybronze:
Mine is laggy as well
[Vibrant Android Development] os2baba:
I tried again. Reset the phone. Waited for about 10 minutes. Then rebooted. It's slightly better. But still laggy as heck. How can I turn off the OC so I can see if that fixes the problem? And it's strange that every single post states that it's lag free and fast and I'm the only one with the problem.